Table 5.
Association of screening practices with demographic characteristics and knowledge of breast cancer among community pharmacists.
| Characteristics | BSE | CBE | Mammography | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 257) |
No (n = 261) |
p value | Yes (n = 73) |
No (n = 367) |
p value | Yes (n = 25) |
No (n = 435) |
p value | |
| Age, years | 0.180 | 0.001∗ | <0.001∗ | ||||||
| <45 | 238 (92.6) | 249 (95.4) | 62 (84.9) | 350 (95.4) | 16 (64.0) | 413 (95.4) | |||
| ≥45 | 19 (7.4) | 12 (4.6) | 11 (15.1) | 17 (4.6) | 9 (36.0) | 20 (4.6) | |||
| Marital status | 0.77 | <0.001∗ | 0.011∗ | ||||||
| Single | 129 (50.4) | 159 (60.5) | 21 (29.2) | 218 (59.1) | 6 (25.0) | 237 (54.5) | |||
| Married | 123 (48.0) | 98 (37.3) | 49 (68.1) | 144 (39.0) | 17 (70.8) | 188 (43.2) | |||
| Divorced | 3 (1.2) | 3 (1.1) | 1 (1.4) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (1.6) | |||
| Widowed | 1 (0.4) | 3 (1.1) | 1 (1.4) | 3 (0.8) | 1 (4.2) | 3 (0.7) | |||
| Educational level | 0.031∗ | 0.290 | 0.166 | ||||||
| BPharm | 230 (89.5) | 234 (89.0) | 65 (89.0) | 330 (89.4) | 25 (100.0) | 380 (87.4) | |||
| PharmD | 16 (6.2) | 26 (9.9) | 4 (5.5) | 30 (8.1) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (9.0) | |||
| Graduate degree | 11 (4.3) | 3 (1.1) | 4 (5.5) | 9 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (3.7) | |||
| Geographic area | <0.001∗ | 0.128 | <0.001∗ | ||||||
| North | 104 (40.5) | 147 (55.9) | 25 (34.2) | 165 (44.7) | 2 (8.0) | 204 (46.9) | |||
| Middle | 143 (55.6) | 98 (37.3) | 45 (61.6) | 180 (48.8) | 22 (88.0) | 204 (46.9) | |||
| South | 10 (3.9) | 18 (6.8) | 3 (4.1) | 24 (6.5) | 1 (4.0) | 27 (6.2) | |||
| Personal history of breast cancer | 0.003∗ | <0.001∗ | <0.001∗ | ||||||
| Yes | 19 (7.4) | 5 (1.9) | 20 (27.4) | 2 (0.5) | 12 (48.0) | 9 (2.1) | |||
| No | 238 (92.6) | 258 (98.1) | 53 (72.6) | 367 (99.5) | 13 (52.0) | 425 (97.9) | |||
| Family history of breast cancer | 0.001∗ | 0.780 | 0.008∗ | ||||||
| Yes | 54 (21.0) | 24 (9.1) | 12 (16.4) | 55 (14.9) | 9 (36.0) | 59 (13.6) | |||
| No | 201 (78.2) | 237 (90.1) | 61 (83.6) | 312 (84.6) | 16 (64.0) | 372 (85.5) | |||
| I do not know | 2 (0.8) | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (0.9) | |||
| Knowledge | <0.001∗ | 0.191 | 0.276 | ||||||
| Poor | 20 (8.1) | 51 (20.4) | 5 (7.2) | 45 (12.8) | 1 (4.3) | 49 (11.8) | |||
| Acceptable | 226 (91.9) | 199 (79.6) | 64 (92.8) | 306 (87.2) | 22 (95.7) | 368 (88.2) | |||
Data presented as n (%). ∗Indicates statistical significance at p < 0.05.